The objective of the study was to examine the effects of restraint and blood sampling method on blood lactate concentration (LAC) in pigs. Restraint methods used were snaring or restraint with sorting boards. Blood was ...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of feeder adjustment and
diet form on growth performance of nursery pigs. In Exp. 1, a total of 210 nursery pigs
(PIC 1050 × 327, initially 26.2 lb BW) were used in ...

A total of 1,313 pigs (PIC 1050 × 337; initially 49 lb) were used in a 35-d study to determine the effects of adding Denagard (Tiamulin) and CTC (chlortetracycline) to feed on pig performance immediately after placement ...

Producers have adopted marketing strategies such as topping to help reduce economic losses from weight discounts, but they are still missing target weights and incurring discounts. We have previously determined the accuracy ...

Producers have adopted marketing strategies such as topping to help reduce economic losses from weight discounts at the processing plant. Despite adopting these strategies, producers are still missing target weights and ...

A total of 347 nursery pigs (PIC 1050, initially 11.0 lb) were used in a 44-d trial. Pens
of pigs were balanced by initial BW and randomly allotted to 1 of 8 dietary treatments
with 9 replications per treatment. Pigs ...

A total of 855 pigs (PIC TR4 × Fast Genetics York × PIC Line 02), initially 56.54 lb BW) were used in a 111-d trial to evaluate the effects of corn particle size, complete diet grinding, and diet form (meal or pellet) on ...

A total of 140 sows (PIC 1050) and their litters were used to determine the effects of
corn- or sorghum-based diets with or without 20% sorghum dried distillers grains with
solubles (DDGS) on lactating sow and litter ...

A total of 252 pigs (PIC 327 × 1050, initially 125.2 lb BW) were used in a 69-d trial
to determine the effects of diet form and feeder adjustment on growth performance
of growing-finishing pigs. Treatments were arranged ...

A total of 288 pigs (PIC 327 × 1050, initially 109.3 lb BW) were used in an 81-d trial
to determine the effects of diet form and fiber (from dried distillers grains with solubles
[DDGS] and wheat middlings) withdrawal ...

A total of 126 gilts and sows (PIC 1050) and their litters were used to determine
the effect of dietary vitamin E level and source on sow plasma, milk, and piglet tissue
concentrations of α-tocopherol. The 6 dietary ...

A total of 1,253 pigs (PIC 1050 × 337; initially 45 lb) were used in a 104-d study to evaluate the effects of using a wet-dry (WD) or conventional dry (CD) feeder on growth performance of growing-finishing pigs. At the ...

A total of 675 pigs (PIC 1050 barrows; initially 24.5 lb BW and 37 d of age) were used
in a 21-d study to determine the effects of feeding varying ingredient particle sizes and
diet form for 25- to 50-lb nursery pigs on ...

A total of 1,263 pigs (PIC 337 × 1050; initially 77.8 lb) were used in a 102-d study
to determine the effects of dietary bakery by-product on pig growth performance and
carcass quality. Pigs were randomly assigned to ...

A total of 180 pigs (PIC 327 × 1050, initially 26.9 lb BW) were used in a 21-d trial to
evaluate the effects of increasing dietary wheat middlings (midds) and dried distillers
grains with solubles (DDGS) on nursery pig ...

A total of 210 pigs (PIC 327 × 1050, initially 15.12 lb BW) were used in a 35-d trial to evaluate the effects of increasing dietary wheat middlings (midds) on growth performance of 15- to 50-lb nursery pigs. Pens of pigs ...